Joint for railroad-rails.



J". AH). JOINT FOR RAILROAD RAILS. APPLICATION FILED THEMA 1914A n D juh m Mizemol Aug. 25, will MW W im WL s:

JOHN AHC), 0F LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

JONT FR RAILROAD-RAILS.

Specification of `Letters Patent.

Pat-entedAug. 25, 1914..

Application inea February ae, 1914. serial No. serali.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Arto, a citizen of Finland, in the Empire of Russia, resident at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in .loints for Railroad-Rails, of which the following is -a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved joint for railroad rails.

The ordinary fish joint for railroad rails consists of two fish plates fastened on opposite sides of the web of the rail by 'means of several iron bolts each having a head at one end and a screw thread at the other end and a nut. It is always necessary first to bore a hole through the fish plates and rail before any bolt fastening the rail can be used, taking considerable time and labor. When it becomes necessary to remove the rail, the nut must always be removed before the fish plate can be removed. Whenthe nut has got rusty it takes considerable time and labor to remove one bolt either by cutting or breaking the bolt, as the head of the bolt and the nut have been drawn tightly against the web of the rail, making it very diicult to place a chisel to cut the bolt.

The object of the present invention is to produce a simple device for joining railroad rails which can be securely fastened without the aid of bolts, and to save time and labor in fastening the rails to the roadbed because the boring of the holes and the screwing of several bolts ca be eliminated.

Anotherobjeet of the plesent invention is to save time and labor when the rails must be removed or replaced, as there will be no rustynuts to open nor will it be necessary to break the fastening bolts in unfastening the tie plates.

Still another object of the present invention is to place the ends of the rails securely on the base of the tie plate so that they will not bend when the wheel of the train is assing over them, thus making the roadged more secure than the ordinary tie plates.

A further object of this invention is to produce a rail joint from which the rails cannot become se arated by continuous jarring, thus aifor inggreater safety in their use. y

With the above objects in vlew, the presu ent invention consists of a rail joint which can be securely fastened without the aid of bolts by cutting slots in the flanges of the rail hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the drawing Figure 1 is a side view of the two rails A and B, showing the slots cut in the anges ofthe rails. Fig. 2 is the end of a railroad rail showing the web B and. flanges 6 and 7 and the head 20.

Fig. 3 is the side view of the tie plate C and the ears 21 and 22. Fig. t is the end view of the tie plate showing the ears 2 and 3 and the receiving recess l and the interlocking recesses 23 and 24. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the tie plate and is interlocked by means of the recesses in the ears and fastened by a spike D, and showing the sleepers E and F in the roadbed. Fig. 6 is a spike having an l.shaped head, which spike is placed in the slot as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing, the tie plate comprises the base C andthe ears 2 and 3 and the receiving recess 4t adapted to receive the web of the rail 5 so that the web of the rail i's placed between the two ears of the tie plate, the rail flanges fi and 7 having slots 8 and 9 to receive the ears of the tie plate. The ears have recesses 1d and 11 to receive the flanges 6 and f of the rail and interlocking the ears 2 and 3 and the flanges 6 and 7 as shown in Fig. 5 at num bers 12 and 13. The base of the tie plate has a hole 11i into whichthe spike D is placed, as illustrated at 15, to prevent the flanges 6 and 7 from slipping backwardly out of the recesses 10 and 11 of the ears 12 and 13. The spike has two barbs 16 and 17, preventing the spike from working up from the ties E and F when driven in as shown in Fig. 5 at 15, the spike having a substantially L-shaped head1) tying the flanges of the Vrail securely upon the base of the tie plate and fastening them to the sleepers E and'. F. The ends of the rails 18 and 19 rest securely on the base of the tie plate C. The tie plate and the flanges of t e rails are then fastened in the ordinary manner with the regular railroad roadbed spikes to the sleepers. While a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that the a base plate placed under the railroad rails having tivo ears rising from the upper side of the plate on each side of the web of the rail and interlockingV recesses cut into the ears of the plate gripping the flange of' the rail and made secure by a spike driven into the slot eut into the flange of the rail against the ear of the tie plate; slots cut into the ange or the rail receiving the ears of the 'tie plate.

8. A tie plate consisting of a base and two ears rising perpendicularly from the upper side of the plate forming the receiving recess into which the web of the rail is placed; interlocking recesses gripping the liange ot' the rail made secure by a spike driven against the ear into the slot of the flange of the rail; slots cut into the flange of the rail' to receive the ears of the tie plate and entering into the interlocking recesses.

. 4. The combination of the track rails with a chair having a horizontal base supporting the adjacent ends of said rails with four upward projecting members engaging in and passing through recesses in the flanges of the rails so the inner faces or the projecting members of the chair rest against and support the webs of t-he rails on each side, said chair base containing a hole large enough for a rail spike to pass through at .the inner end of one of the members.

The combination with the track rails Vof a chair having a horizontal base supporting the adjacent ends of said rails and having four upward extending members engaging in and passing through recesses in the flanges of the rails so the inner faces of the projecting members of the chair rest against and support the webs of 'the rails en each side, each of the said projecting members being notched at its lower end to interlock with the rail anges and the chair being provided with a hole through 'the base to allow a spike to pass through and hold the rails in a locked position.

6.- The combination with track rails having near their ends recesses cut through their flanges of a rail chair with a plurality of upward extending members to engage said recesses and support` the rail flange on each side said members being provided at theirlower ends with notches into which the rail flanges may enter endwise and be locked by means of a spike driven between the rail flanges and the side of one of the upright members through a hole in the chair base and into the rail road tie.

7.`The combination with track rails having near their ends recesses cut through their flanges, ,of a rail chair with upward projecting members to engage said recesses and support the rail flanges on each side7 said members being provided at their lower ends with notches into which the rail flanges may enter endwise and be locked by means of a spike driven between the rail flanges and the side ofone of the upright members through a hole in the chair base and into the rail road tie.

8. A rail plate with two pairs of upward projecting members the gap between the members of each pair being just sufficient to allow the rail web to pass between them after a portion of the rail flange is cut away, each member having at its lower end and transverse of the plate a notch or recess into which the rail flanges may enter Aendwise and be locked there by means of a spike placed between the inner face of one of the members and the edge of the recess in theliange.

9. A rail plate with four upward projecting members` each member being recessed on the same side at the base, giving the four members the effect of hooks over which adjacent rail ends with recessed lianges may be passed, pushedunder the hook part of the upright members and lockedin place by a spike driven between the back of one of the members and the edge of the recess inlthe rail flange.

CHARLES B. B. RAYMOND, CHESTER W. PIKE. 

